Whois & Analysis for ign.com

IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is a San Francisco–based games and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis and wholly owned by j2 Global.

and headed up by its former editor-in-chief, Peer Schneider.

The website was the brainchild of media entrepreneur Chris Anderson and launched on September 29, 1996.

It focuses on games, films, television, comics, technology, and other media.

The company is located in San Francisco's SOMA district in California, United States.

Originally a network of desktop websites, IGN is now distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the Xbox and PlayStation, FireTV, Roku, and via YouTube, Twitch, Hulu, and Snapchat.

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images.

Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial.

Strategy guides are instruction books that contain hints or complete solutions to specific video games.

The line between strategy guides and walkthroughs is somewhat blurred, with the former often containing or being written around the latter.

Strategy guides are often published in print, both in book form and also as articles within video game magazines.

In cases of exceptionally popular game titles, guides may be sold through more mainstream publication channels, such as bookstores or even newsstands.

Some publishers also sell E-Book versions on their websites.

A review is an evaluation of a publication, service, or company such as a movie (a movie review), video game (video game review), musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book (book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, play, musical theater show, dance show, or art exhibition.

In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit.

More loosely, an author may review current events, trends, or items in the news.

A compilation of reviews may itself be called a review.

The New York Review of Books, for instance, is a collection of essays on literature, culture, and current affairs.

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